linum piscium

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning line of Pisces
Literal translation line of the fish
Variants
linum piscium
piscium linum
Edited by
line of Pisces animal part

16°–18° Pisces

Si Luna in Tauri pedibus fuerit inventa, aut in nebula Cancri, aut in iuba Leonis, aut in fronte Scorpionis, ab VIII. scilicet parte usque ad X., <aut> in Sagittario, aut in spinis Capricorni, aut in lino Piscium, aut in capite Arietis, et sit minuta luminibus [...], et eam aut Satnrnus aut Mars aliqua radiatione respiciant, caecos efficiet.

‘If the moon is located in the feet of the Bull or in the nebula of the Crab or in the mane of the Lion or in the front of the Scorpion ca. from 8° to 10° or in Sagittarius or in the spine of Capricorn or in the line of the Fish, or in the head of Aries, and it is waning [...], and either Saturn or Mars aspect her in any way, she indicates blindness.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.31.88

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Sicily
Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 2.172

XVI. et XVII. et XVIII. in lino invenimus Piscium.

‘[degrees] 16 and 17 and 18 we find in the line of Pisces’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.12

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Sicily
Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 2.293

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). linum piscium (Lemma #1365). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1365/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). linum piscium (Lemma #1365). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1365/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). linum piscium (Lemma #1365). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1365/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) linum piscium (Lemma #1365), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1365/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1365,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {linum piscium ({Lemma} #1365)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1365/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1365/},
}